I am attempting to install vcftools on my macOS Sierra (version 10.12.3). I am using the installation instructions from github as follows (from https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools):
git clone https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools.git
cd vcftools
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install (I added sudo because otherwise I got permission denied).
Before beginning vcftools installation, I used homebrew to install the following packages: autoconf, pkg-config, automake, libtool, and zlib. zlib is keg-only so I also used homebrew to link it ('brew link --force zlib'). That way, I would not get errors when running ./autogen.sh.
Now, no errors are listed when I run every line. However, a bin folder containing the vcftools executable is never created in my vcftools folder after finishing the installation instructions. What am I doing wrong?
After running 'sudo make install' the following lines are the last ones printed. Does this have anything to do with the fact that a bin folder is not created?
make[3]: Nothing to be done for install-exec-am'.
make[3]: Nothing to be done for
install-data-am'.
make[2]: Nothing to be done for install-exec-am'.
make[2]: Nothing to be done for
install-data-am'.
I would appreciate any feedback. Thank you!
If you already have Homebrew, it might be easier to just use Homebrew Science.
See: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-science